Abstract
The current treatment of peritoneal surface malignancies (PSMs) is moving from a nihilistic approach, into a combined modality approach offering selected patients long-term survival. As primary PSM are rare, extrapolation of data from clinical trials of related disease is necessary to develop treatment guidelines. Secondary PSM are more common, and therefore, treatment guidelines should be developed based on prospective clinical trials. We reviewed the published and ongoing clinical trials studying the treatment of PSM.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 335-344 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Surgical Oncology |
Volume | 100 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 15 2009 |
Keywords
- Carcinomatosis
- Clinical trial
- Cytoreduction
- Hyperthermic chemotherapy
- Peritoneal surface malignancies
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Oncology